The scale of China's catering market is enormous, and by 2024, it has become the largest consumer expenditure category for Chinese residents. Among them, hot pot, as the largest sub-category, has a market scale exceeding 600 billion yuan and is expected to reach nearly 850 billion yuan by 2029. Hot pot takeaway, as an emerging service model, has broken through the limitations of traditional dine-in dining and has quickly become a new growth engine for the industry due to its convenience, flexibility, and social attributes. While developing at a rapid pace, the industry also faces challenges, mainly concentrated on the transparency of ingredients and operational processes, as well as the resulting consumer trust crisis. To address this challenge, the industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by external factors (strengthened policy supervision, changes in consumer demand, intensified industry competition) and internal factors (brand influence, supply chain optimization, takeaway transparency).
Frost & Sullivan (hereinafter referred to as 'Frost & Sullivan') has officially released the '2025 China Hot Pot Takeaway Industry Development White Paper' (hereinafter referred to as 'the Report'). The report aims to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the hot pot takeaway industry, exploring the driving factors behind the development of the industry from multiple aspects such as industry scale, current development status, and development motivations, uncovering the huge potential for industry development, and tracking the future development trends of the industry.
